St. Nikolas, romere og Kleopatra, m.m.

5,000-year-old structures in Iraq reveal collapse of early centralized government (archaeologymag.com).

Neolithic rondel in Poland reveals 7,000-year-old rituals and secretive societal structures (archaeologymag.com).

6-year-old finds 50,000-year-old Neanderthal axe on Sussex beach (archaeologymag.com).

Archaeologists uncover opulent Roman artifacts in Reims, France (archaeologymag.com).

Prehistoric bakeries uncovered in Burgbernheim (heritagedaily.com).

Sarcophagus found at Church of St. Nicholas could be the tomb of “Santa Claus” (heritagedaily.com).

Statue found near the Odeon of Herodes Atticus (heritagedaily.com).

A 2,000-year-old Roman grave belonging to soldier Flaccus unearthed in Netherlands (arkeonews.net).

Tomb of Chinese emperor Liu He gives up Han dynasty battle secrets with armour find (scmp.com).

Earliest deep-cave ritual compound in Southwest Asia discovered (sciencedaily.com).

New discoveries at Taposiris Magna archaeological site in Alexandria reveal more of its secrets (arham.org).

Study finds first cave pearls containing archaeological artifacts in ancient Jerusalem tunnel (phys.org).

Traces of 10,000-year-old ancient rice beer discovered in Neolithic site in Eastern China (phys.org).

Abandoned Assyrian capital brought to life in new magnetic survey (phys.org).

Chain mail find shows local craftworkers were involved in the repair of Roman armor (phys.org).

China discovers landmark human evolution fossils (cgtn.com).